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The dancer Tilly Losch 1932 #976642

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The dancer Tilly Losch 1932 #976642
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The dancer Tilly Losch. Showing her full length, three quarter face, on "points", in a fur lined cape and hood, and a star spangled organza dress, against an abstract art deco stage design.
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Vintage gelatin silver print

8 x 10 inches

Portrait photo by White of New York, signed, date pencilled below 1932
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Tilly Losch (1907-1975)

From her first dance appearance at the age of six, she grew up in the embrace and discipline of the Vienna Imperial Opera ballet school. Encouragement from Richard Strauss led to important opportunities for further study. Tilly became a full member of the ballet corps at the unusually young age of fifteen, and by twenty was one of Vienna's most popular dancers. She quickly developed a reputation for innovation and modernism. It was at this time that Tilly received an invitation from acclaimed theater director Max Reinhardt to dance the role of First Fairy in his 1927 Salzburg Festival production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Reinhardt, then at the pinnacle of his fame, asked the young dancer to join his Berlin and Salzburg ensembles for a guest tour in the United States. While visiting America had long been a dream, strict contractual commitments to the Vienna State Ballet precluded any sort of independent career. After her request for an extended leave of absence was denied, Tilly reluctantly resigned from the Vienna Ballet and ultimately traveled to New York City with Reinhardt's troupe for a successful 1927-28 theater ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1932</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:USA</td></tr>

<tr><td>Height:10</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:8</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:The dancer Tilly Losch 1932</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:New York</td></tr>
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